First move the -8 on the left to the right. this makes the inequality become 8x≤-64. Then you want to isolate the x by dividing 8x by 8, and make sure to do the same to -64. This makes it become x<span>≤-8, which is your final answer! Hope this helped :)</span>
To solve for x, we need to get 8x alone and then simplify.
8x - 8 <_ -72 Add 8 to both sides to get 8x alone.
-8 + 8 = 0 -72 + 8 = -64 (adding a negative to a positive is the equivalent to subtracting from a positive)
Our inequality now is: 8x <_ -64
8 is being multiplied by x, so we need to perform the opposite order of equations. The opposite of multiplication is division. Divide 8x by 8 and divide -64 by 8. 8x / 8 = x -64 / 8 = -8 (Dividing a negative by a positive gives us a negative)